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Offline emerles

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iPilot - follow a route
« on: October 27, 2013, 05:48:54 AM »
I would like to purchase the iPilot with the link to a Humminbird sonar and I have a question concerning the "follow the ...feature" of the iPilot-Link.
Does the i-Pilot Link also follow a Humminbird route stored on the Humminbird sonar?

I am not talking about the "follow the contour" feature, because I do not have a map with contours and if I had one I do not want to follow it.
It makes much more sense to follow a route.

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Re: iPilot - follow a route
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2013, 11:33:15 AM »
I know you can create your own track to follow, but don't know the details of how it works.....you don't even need the new Lakemaster chip to do this.

There's a lot of good information here   http://www.jasonhalfenoutdoors.com/Linkindex.html     

This one in particular    http://www.jasonhalfenoutdoors.com/Link3.html

IF you search, you will also find some good tutorials done by Dough Vahrenberg that show how to utilize the i-pilot link.
« Last Edit: October 27, 2013, 11:46:52 AM by Bob B »
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Re: iPilot - follow a route
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2013, 01:11:08 AM »
Thanks a lot for the quick answer and for the links.
It helped a lot.

Only one little question is still open.
Watching the education video for "follow the routes", the route has been created instandly.
Does it also work with already created and stored routes (I guess - yes).

Best regards

Wolfgang


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Re: iPilot - follow a route
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2013, 03:57:20 PM »
I see you have not had a reply, I will try to answer your question. If you are referring to routes or tracks you recorded before, I believe you would have to do some kind of modification as the file types are different. I do not know if that is possible or not. Anything you enter and save once it has been installed,of course can be followed. Bob

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Re: iPilot - follow a route
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2013, 07:57:57 AM »
I apologize for the lateness of this reply guys but I wanted to check with someone who has actually done this and it seems that everyone has either been out on a boat or is out of town!

Yes the iPilotLink can follow a previously saved Route.  Look on page 71 of the operations manual:

Navigate a Saved Route
You can select a saved route from the Waypoint Management dialog box. The i-Pilot Link will
navigate the route in forward or reverse, depending on your selection.

1. Main Menu: Press the MENU key twice.
2. S elect the Navigation tab > Waypoints, Routes, Tracks. Press the RIGHT Cursor key to
open the Waypoint Management dialog box.
3. Press the UP or DOWN Cursor keys to choose a rou


As for following a previously recorded Track; no this is not possible at this time.  The iTracks contain information that the standard Tracks in the Humminbird unit do not.  I even asked about possible conversion and was told “No”.

« Last Edit: October 31, 2013, 03:30:22 PM by Humminbird_Greg »
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Re: iPilot - follow a route
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2013, 11:00:34 AM »
Thank you Greg,
so I think I have to talk to my wife now, to get the budget for purchasing a new HB 9xx, the iPilotLink and the corresponding Minnkota motor.

Greg, I guess that I have to change the word "track" to "route" in the following sentence of your answer?

"Yes the iPilotLink can follow a previously saved Track.  Look on page 71 of the operations manual"
change to
"Yes the iPilotLink can follow a previously saved route.  Look on page 71 of the operations manual"

Isn't it?

Best regards

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Re: iPilot - follow a route
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2013, 11:12:30 AM »
I was searching for the operating manual under Downloads ...
But I did not find any manual for the iPilotLink.

Can somebody help me with a link to that document?

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Re: iPilot - follow a route
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2013, 03:38:16 PM »
Oops!  ::)
Thanks Wolfgang.  I went back and edited my post so that it states “Track” now.  Guess I have been a little mentally preoccupied this week as I leave after work today to pick my youngest Son up at the airport.  He has been gone for two years now.

I found the iPilotLink operations manual under the iPilotLink FAQs:
http://www.minnkotamotors.com/_docs/i-Pilot_Link_manual_revA-sm.pdf

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Re: iPilot - follow a route
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2013, 03:41:45 PM »
Greg, Thanks a lot.


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